Holden man dies in W.Va. motorcycle crash

A Holden man who had traveled with his wife to the MountainFest Motorcycle Rally in West Virginia was killed Saturday when his motorcycle collided with a car on wet roads there.

West Virginia State Police said Peter E. Rezuke, 51, of the Jefferson section of Holden died instantly in a head-on collision when his 2003 Harley Davidson V-Rod motorcycle skidded across Chaplin Road in Morgantown into the path of a 2001 Dodge Neon at about 11:40 a.m.

Mr. Rezuke's cousin, Edward Rezuke Jr. of Shrewsbury, said his cousin was an avid biker and had traveled to MountainFest from Massachusetts on his bike. His wife was riding ahead of him in a large group of motorcycles when the accident occurred, Edward Rezuke said.

She was being driven home by firefighter friends on Sunday.

Peter Rezuke, who worked as an engineer, was an only child. But his father's two brothers each had a child in 1961 and the three cousins grew up as close as siblings.

Peter Rezuke grew up in Sterling and graduated from Wachusett Regional High School. He worked as an engineer, his cousin said.

"He was doing what he loved," his cousin said. "He and his wife are avid bikers ... we all miss him."

MountainFest is an annual event for bikers, similar to Bike Week in Laconia, N.H. This year's event featured rides, music and other entertainment. The festival draws about 60,000 people, according to news reports from the area.

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